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Has anyone here read "VAMPIRE AD 70"? A number of us at my church have been discussing this book. Despite the theme seeming to be rather un-Orthodox, it is a big surprise. Based at the time of the fall of Jerusalem to the Romans it follows a pagan man's struggle with his world-view when confronted with evil. The vampires are really representing demons in the book. Saint Ignatius of Antioch is one of the main characters, the author uses quotations from his actual writings. I've bought a number of copies of this book for non_orthodox friends and they've all responded positively. The thing that struck me deepest about this book was the way it gets inside a Roman mind and the reader understands why Christianity was such a threat. I'd love to hear the thoughts of anyone else who has read this one.

Has anyone here read "VAMPIRE AD 70"? A number of us at my church have been discussing this book. Despite the theme seeming to be rather un-Orthodox, it is a big surprise. Based at the time of the fall of Jerusalem to the Romans it follows a pagan man's struggle with his world-view when confronted with evil. The vampires are really representing demons in the book. Saint Ignatius of Antioch is one of the main characters, the author uses quotations from his actual writings. I've bought a number of copies of this book for non_orthodox friends and they've all responded positively. The thing that struck me deepest about this book was the way it gets inside a Roman mind and the reader understands why Christianity was such a threat. I'd love to hear the thoughts of anyone else who has read this one.

WOW! Awsome!!!! Just what I was looking for! I can't wait to get it!

Now all we need is one about outer-space! And I'll be good and all set for the winter, and rainy days!

Chhrist is Risen!

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"loving one's enemies does not mean loving wickedness, ungodliness, adultery, or theft. Rather, it means loving the theif, the ungodly, and the adulterer." Clement of Alexandria 195 A.D.

I have never read this book though I have thought about buying it for my wife who enjoys fiction more than I. This book was recommended on another forum a couple of years ago. It deals with a Russian Prince and his dealing with Angels, Demons, and Vampires!

"It was very different from most books that I have read. I was captivated from the beginning and had to keep turning the pages to find out what happened next.": Reviewer of Eternal City at the 12th Annual International Self-Published Book Awards, Eternal City also receiving perfect scores for its controversial storyline~~~A Russian prince of the nobility enters the world behind the looking-glass of our reality, a reality most of us are glad not to know. He enters the ongoing war between Hell and Heaven, as a conscript. He meets angels and demons, vampire-hunters, and vampires from super-ancient civilizations, long dead and forgotten. He encounters a world of secret societies and of the hidden government of vampires, which put him on trial. He made a bargain for immortality and got what he wanted most; he can live forever--more or less--but he also learns the hardest lesson there is to be learned: you don't dance with the Devil for free"

Has anyone here read "VAMPIRE AD 70"? A number of us at my church have been discussing this book. Despite the theme seeming to be rather un-Orthodox, it is a big surprise. Based at the time of the fall of Jerusalem to the Romans it follows a pagan man's struggle with his world-view when confronted with evil. The vampires are really representing demons in the book. Saint Ignatius of Antioch is one of the main characters, the author uses quotations from his actual writings. I've bought a number of copies of this book for non_orthodox friends and they've all responded positively. The thing that struck me deepest about this book was the way it gets inside a Roman mind and the reader understands why Christianity was such a threat. I'd love to hear the thoughts of anyone else who has read this one.

Has anyone here read "VAMPIRE AD 70"? A number of us at my church have been discussing this book. Despite the theme seeming to be rather un-Orthodox, it is a big surprise. Based at the time of the fall of Jerusalem to the Romans it follows a pagan man's struggle with his world-view when confronted with evil. The vampires are really representing demons in the book. Saint Ignatius of Antioch is one of the main characters, the author uses quotations from his actual writings. I've bought a number of copies of this book for non_orthodox friends and they've all responded positively. The thing that struck me deepest about this book was the way it gets inside a Roman mind and the reader understands why Christianity was such a threat. I'd love to hear the thoughts of anyone else who has read this one.

What?? No vampire romance? Is outrageous!

Vampire romance is the outrage! This sounds like far more fun than the tweeny-twilight excrement that has infected our culture of late, and the best thing to hit vampire fiction since Anne Rice fumbled the ball on her chronicles (Tale of the Body Thief, IMO).

Yes, Dracula and Carmilla were romance (in the old sense), but really Rice kind of ruined the genre for those of us who like our blood sucking demons to be blood sucking demons. Best modern vampire tale to me would have to have been 'Salem's Lot (not that I don't peek into Vampire Lestat and Queen of the Damned every now and again).

The combination of Christianity (I'm hoping this does not come with a revisionist taint?) and vampires make this a book I'm gonna have to find.

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"Funny," said Lancelot, "how the people who can't pray say that prayers are not answered, however much the people who can pray say they are." TH White

Vampire romance is the outrage! This sounds like far more fun than the tweeny-twilight excrement that has infected our culture of late, and the best thing to hit vampire fiction since Anne Rice fumbled the ball on her chronicles (Tale of the Body Thief, IMO).

Yes, Dracula and Carmilla were romance (in the old sense), but really Rice kind of ruined the genre for those of us who like our blood sucking demons to be blood sucking demons. Best modern vampire tale to me would have to have been 'Salem's Lot (not that I don't peek into Vampire Lestat and Queen of the Damned every now and again).

The combination of Christianity (I'm hoping this does not come with a revisionist taint?) and vampires make this a book I'm gonna have to find.

Well, I'm actually into neither. If I had to choose I'd definitely go with the traditional blood sucking demons. I'm more a mystery fan - so if we can insert Miss Marple or Lord Peter Wimsey into a story line I'd get myself a copy.